travel & recipes

Second part of this fantastic experience with the very talented and extremely friendly Isabel.Panuchos y empanadasPamucho is a corn tortilla, slightly dried out that is filled with frijole purée much like you will fill a pita bread, it's then dipped in hot oil and finished on the comal (a flat iron grill). It's topped with your choice of meat and veggies and topped with pickled onion.Next are empanadas, freshly pressed corn and wheat tortilla is filled with meat or cheese and deep fried. It's served super simple with pickled red onion and cream.I was struggling to keep the doughy from breaking in the process of transferring it from the tortilla press to the oil, of course Isabel makes it looks like it ain't no thang, and I foolishly thought it to be easy...The end result was delicious, despite my repeated broken empanadas, and was even told I have gotten it down quicker than usual for a first timer.Sweet!